Rhodes

Meaning

1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece in the Aegean Sea.
2. A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.
3. A topographic surname for a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A village in northern Eastern Cape province, South Africa; named for Cecil Rhodes.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. An unincorporated community in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
8. A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa; named for Conway B. Rhodes.
9. An unincorporated community in Bentley Township, Gladwin County, Michigan; named for Murry Bentley Rhodes.
10. A census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana.
11. A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).
12. A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
13. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
14. An electric piano which produces soft, harmonic-like sounds; a Rhodes piano; named for inventor Harold Rhodes.

Etymology / origin

From French Rhodes, from Latin Rhodus, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), of uncertain etymology. Possibilities include a pre-Greek name (cf. Phoenician 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤃 (hrʿd), "snake"), ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), and ῥοιά (rhoiá, “pomegranate”).

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